# The Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994, Paragraph 30


(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, burning waste on land in the open if—
(a) the waste consists of wood, bark or other plant matter;
(b) it is produced on land which is operational land of a railway, light railway, tramway, internal drainage board or the National Rivers Authority, or which is a forest, woodland, park, garden, verge, landscaped area, sports ground, recreation ground, churchyard or cemetery, or it is produced on other land as a result of demolition work;
(c) it is burned on the land where it is produced; and
(d) the total quantity burned in any period of 24 hours does not exceed 10 tonnes.
(2) Sub-paragraph (1) above only applies to the burning of waste by an establishment or undertaking where the waste burned is the establishment or undertaking’s own waste.
(3) The storage pending its burning, on the land where it is to be burned, of waste which is to be burned in reliance upon the exemption conferred by sub-paragraph (1) above.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1056/schedule/3/paragraph/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/waste-management-licensing-regulations-1994/schedule-3/paragraph-30
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

